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Pinova apple

An attractive yellow apple with a pink/orange flush. Crops heavily and stores well. Also known as Pinata.

Last updated 06 Mar 2011.

Summary

  • Species: Malus domestica
  • Parentage: Golden Delicious x (Cox's Orange Pippin x Duchess of Oldenburg)
  • Origin: Germany
  • Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 121100

Using

  • Good for eating fresh
  • Flavour quality: Good
  • Flavour style: Sweeter
  • Use / keeping: 3 months or more

Growing

  • Cropping: Heavy
  • Flowering period: Mid season
  • Flowering group: 4 Can be pollinated by Golden Delicious
  • Fertility: Self-sterile
  • Triploid: No
  • Vigour: Average growth
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • General disease resistance: Good

Climate

  • Suitable for temperate climates
  • Tolerates cold winters

Relationships to other varieties

Parents and other ancestors of this variety:

Pinova identification photos from official fruit collections


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Pinova identification photos from website visitors


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Rate this variety for flavor

Current rating: 5 out of 5. Total votes cast: 1
 

Visitor comments

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08 Feb 2011 JosiahCA, United States
We get this apple here as Piñata and it has great flavor, light skin, and is very juicy. Makes a good eating apple. I've never cooked with it but I hear good things too. This is my new snack food along with Honeycrisp.
14 Jan 2011 MizleeCALIFORNIA, United States
What a find! I just tried this apple for the first time this month. Scent of roses! Flavor is crisp, not too sweet. I found this a delightful and memorable apple.
13 Jan 2011 DaveUnited States
I tasted some from the store and they smelled like flowers, which is not very appetizing. They tasted like a bad Gala apple with a fake orange fruit punch aftertaste. I won't be buying Pinova apples again.
13 Sep 2010 N. BuckCAMBRIDGESHIRE, United Kingdom
I've been unimpressed with my Pinova cordon. Disease resistance is reasonably good and it opens just a few flowers at a time, over an extremely long period (so could be useful for frosty areas or as a pollinator), but in my area it seems to be uniquely attractive to apple sawfly (maggots). I found the flavour to be rather savoury and just "wrong" for an apple - as if it came from a summer salad dish.
17 Nov 2009 LeighMARIN COUNTY, CA, United States
I saw some new varieties the other day and decided to test them against each other. My husband tried the Pinova first. He likes it because it's tart and reminiscent of his favorite, Granny Smith. I don't know if they share any parentage but if you close your eyes you'd think you had a granny....the other one we tried was Sonya, which I liked better. See my comments at Sonya.
05 Oct 2009 Matt BrownCHESHIRE, United Kingdom
Planted one of these grafted as a knip-boom in early 2009. Allowed it to fruit lightly. Only allowed 9 fruit to set as a result all were very large. Just picked them they are crisp and juicy with good intense flavour - not too sweet, not too tart. Its parents are Golden delicious and cox and for me it tastes better than thd GD and almost as good as a cox. Fantastic apple.

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Fruit tree register

Do you have a tree of this variety in your garden or orchard? If so please register the details here and contribute to our international register of fruit trees.

The following Pinova trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree.

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United States

United Kingdom



Latest Spring blossom records for this variety

2010 season

  • 10th May  2010  - tree owned by Matt in CHESTER, United Kingdom
  • 2nd May  2010  - tree owned by N. in CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom

2009 season

  • 18th April  2009  - tree owned by N. in CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom

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Latest harvest records for this variety

2010 season

  • 3rd week October  2010  - tree owned by Matt in CHESTER, United Kingdom

2009 season

  • 1st week October  2009  - tree owned by Matt in CHESTER, United Kingdom
  • October  2009  - tree owned by N. in CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom

Mature heights for Pinova trees

This table shows the likely mature height for a Pinova tree taking into account the vigor of the variety, the rootstock, and soil conditions.

Rootstock Soil quality
Poor Below average Average Above average Very good
P22 2.5 ft
0.8 m		 3.1 ft
0.9 m		 3.7 ft
1.1 m		 4.3 ft
1.3 m		 4.9 ft
1.5 m
M27 2.8 ft
0.9 m		 3.5 ft
1.1 m		 4.2 ft
1.3 m		 4.9 ft
1.5 m		 5.6 ft
1.7 m
M9 4.2 ft
1.3 m		 5.3 ft
1.6 m		 6.3 ft
1.9 m		 7.4 ft
2.3 m		 8.4 ft
2.6 m
Bud.9 4.2 ft
1.3 m		 5.3 ft
1.6 m		 6.3 ft
1.9 m		 7.4 ft
2.3 m		 8.4 ft
2.6 m
Geneva 16 4.2 ft
1.3 m		 5.3 ft
1.6 m		 6.3 ft
1.9 m		 7.4 ft
2.3 m		 8.4 ft
2.6 m
Geneva 11 4.9 ft
1.5 m		 6.1 ft
1.9 m		 7.4 ft
2.3 m		 8.6 ft
2.6 m		 9.8 ft
3.0 m
M26 5.3 ft
1.6 m		 6.6 ft
2.0 m		 7.9 ft
2.4 m		 9.2 ft
2.8 m		 10.5 ft
3.2 m
Geneva 30 5.6 ft
1.7 m		 7.0 ft
2.1 m		 8.4 ft
2.6 m		 9.8 ft
3.0 m		 11.2 ft
3.4 m
MM102 5.6 ft
1.7 m		 7.0 ft
2.1 m		 8.4 ft
2.6 m		 9.8 ft
3.0 m		 11.2 ft
3.4 m
M7 6.3 ft
1.9 m		 7.9 ft
2.4 m		 9.5 ft
2.9 m		 11.0 ft
3.4 m		 12.6 ft
3.9 m
M116 6.3 ft
1.9 m		 7.9 ft
2.4 m		 9.5 ft
2.9 m		 11.0 ft
3.4 m		 12.6 ft
3.9 m
MM106 7.0 ft
2.1 m		 8.8 ft
2.7 m		 10.5 ft
3.2 m		 12.3 ft
3.8 m		 14.0 ft
4.3 m
MM111 8.4 ft
2.6 m		 10.5 ft
3.2 m		 12.6 ft
3.9 m		 14.7 ft
4.5 m		 16.8 ft
5.2 m
Bud.118 9.1 ft
2.8 m		 11.4 ft
3.5 m		 13.7 ft
4.2 m		 15.9 ft
4.9 m		 18.2 ft
5.6 m
M25 10.5 ft
3.2 m		 13.1 ft
4.0 m		 15.8 ft
4.8 m		 18.4 ft
5.6 m		 21.0 ft
6.4 m

From an idea by N. Buck - more details.

Where to buy apples

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